Railroad angle-bar.



Patented Nov. I4, 1899. ULLIVAN. n ANGLE BAR Y filed Mar. 20, 1899.)

RA] LR (Applica UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OWEN SULLIVAN, OF FREDERIGKSBURG, IOWA.

RAlLROAD ANGLE-BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,180, dated November14, 1899.

Application filed March 20, 1899. Serial No. 709,848. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN SULLIVAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fredericksburg, in the county of Chickasaw and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Railway-Rail Joint, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My object is to provide an improved railway-rail joint; and my inventionconsists in the arrangement and combination of parts, as hereinafter setforth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railwaychairhaving an integral splice-bar. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a matingsplice-bar adapted to engage the free edge of the horizontal portion ofthe chair and the abutting ends of rails in a track and also the sidefaces of crossties. Fig. 3 is a view of the complete joint.

The letterA designates the chair, that may vary in length and weight asdesired. It is reinforced at its ends by integral angular downwardprojections B, that serve as shoulders to overlie and engage the sidefaces of cross-ties C, as shown in Fig. 3 and as required, to preventany longitudinal movement of the chair relative to the ties and track.Its top face is flat and adapted to be moved laterally as required to beslipped in and out from'abutting ends of rails.

D is a splice-bar formedintegral with one edge portion of the chair andadapted in shape to overlie the webs of rails and to engage the undersides of the heads of the rails. At the central portion of the otherparallel edge of the chair A is an elongated notch f, adapted to admit adownward extension or tongue 9 of the mating splice-bar D (shown inFigs. 2 and 3,) as required to engage cross ties and to prevent anylongitudinal movement of the said splice-bar relative to the chair andthe rails supported on the chair. It is obvious there may be two notchesf and two tongues 9 when the chair rests upon three ties in place oftwo.

The splice-bars are provided with coinciding bolt-holes, and the loweredge of the bar D has notches that coincide with spike-holes in thechair A in such a manner that when the chair and splice-bars arecombined with the abuttingends of rails and cross-ties, as shown in Fig.3, all the parts will be rigidly locked together to produce a solidjoint that will not vibrate under the weighty tread of the wheels oflocomotives and trains, and when the bolts and spikes are withdrawn thetwo parts fitted to the rails can be readily removed without lifting therails.

Having thus described my invention, its practical operation and utilitywill be readily understood by persons familiar with the art to which itpertains, and what I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent therefor, is

1. In a railway-joint, a railway-chair having a fiat top face to engagethe bottom of rails angular downward extensions at its ends adapted toengage the side faces of cross-ties,

an integral splice-bar at one of its parallel edges and a notch in theother edge of its horizontal flat-faced portion to admit the tongue of amating splice-bar, as shown and described for the purposes stated.

2. A railway-rail joint comprising a railway-chair having downwardextensions at its ends adapted to engage the side faces of crossties, anintegral splice-bar at one of its parallel edges adapted to overlie theflanges and webs of rails and a notch in the central portion of theother edge of the flat-faced horizontal portion to admit the tongue of amating splice-bar, a mating splice-bar having a downward projection ortongue coinciding in position with said notch, the abutting ends of tworails resting on the horizontal flatfaced portion of the chair, twocross-ties supporting the chair and all the parts connected by means ofbolts and spikes in the manner set forth.

OWEN SULLIVAN.

Witnesses:

WM. J. PEASE, W. H. BENEDICT.

